About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

6/19/2024

Psalm 103:1-22 Book# 4 of Psalms

 

A Psalm of David.

Psalm 103:1-22            Book# 4 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

Bless the Lord, O my soul & all that is within me, bless His Holy Name. Bless the Lord, O my soul & [don't] forget all His benefits. Who forgives all your [sins] & heals all your diseases. Who redeems your life from destruction. Who crowns you with loving kindness & tender mercies. 

Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord [delivers] righteousness & [justice] for all [who] are oppressed. 

He made known His ways to Moses & His [actions] to the children [people] of Israel. The Lord is merciful & gracious, slow to anger & [is abundant] in mercy. He won't always [scold] & neither will He [hold] His anger forever. 

[Hebrews 12:6-10 For whom the Lord loves, He [disciplines] & [punishes] every son whom He receives. If you endure [chastising,] God deals with you [like] with sons. For what son is he, whom the father [doesn't discipline?] 

But if you [are] without [discipline,] then all you [participants] are [illegitimate] & not sons. Furthermore, we have had [fleshly] fathers, [who] corrected us & we gave them [respect, shouldn't] we [instead submit with reverence & humility to] the Father of spirits & live?

For they [truly disciplined] us for a few days, [as seemed good to them;] but [God disciplines] for our [benefit, so] we might be [participants] of His Holiness.]

He hasn't dealt with us [according to the magnitude of] our sins; nor [repaid] us according to our iniquities. For [like] the heaven is high above the earth, so [large] is His mercy toward [those who] fear [respect] Him. As far as the east is from the west, He has removed our [sins] so far from us. 

[Romans 5:6-8 For when we were [still] without strength, in due time, Christ died for the ungodly. Scarcely for a righteous man will [someone] die & [perhaps] for a good man, some would even dare to die. * But God [demonstrates] His love toward us, in that, while we were [still] sinners, Christ died for us.]

Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities [those who] fear [respect] Him. For He knows our [structure] & He remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are [like] grass. [Like] a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it & it is gone. And the place [of it,] you shall no [longer] know. 

[1 Peter 1:24-25 For all flesh is [like] grass & all the glory of men [like] the flower of grass. The grass withers & the flower [of it] falls away. But the Word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the Word, which by the gospel is preached to you.] 

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon [those who] fear [respect] Him & His righteousness to [their] children's children [of those who] keep His covenant [contract] & those [who] remember His commandments & do them.

The Lord has prepared His throne in the heavens & His kingdom rules over all. Bless the Lord, you, His angels, [who] excel in strength & [who] do His commandments, [paying attention] to the [sound] of His Word. 

All you, His Hosts, Bless you the Lord & you ministers of His, [who] do His pleasure. Bless the Lord & all His works in all places of His dominion. [Matthew 15:29-31 And Jesus departed from [there] & came [near] the Sea of Galilee & went up into a mountain & sat down there. 

And great multitudes came to Him, having with them those [who] were: lame, blind, [mute, disfigured] & many others [threw themselves] down at His feet & He healed them. 

In so much, as the multitude wondered, when they saw the [mute] speak, the [disfigured were] whole, the lame [walked] & the blind [saw.] And they glorified the God of Israel.] Bless the Lord, O my soul.